Why You Should Totally Eat Dessert...At Breakfast

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If you're looking to firm up, skipping dessert is probably on your must-do list along with regularly hitting the gym. But new research found the sweet stuff can actually help you get fit.

According to a study from Tel Aviv University, eating dessert as part of a 600-calorie breakfast that includes proteins and carbs can help people lose weight—and keep it off. And yup, we're totally talking about ending breakfast with a piece of chocolate.

Over the course of a 32-week study, scientists found that people who had dessert—cookies, cake, or chocolate—with their breakfast lost an average of 40 pounds more than people who avoided sweets…and they didn't gain the weight back.

Here's why they say it works: In the a.m., your body's metabolism is the most active. At this time, we're better able to burn off the calories during the day as opposed to, say, having some ice cream after dinner when your metabolism is slowing down to prepare for sleep.

Scientists also said that it's not good to cut out sweets entirely when you want to firm up because it can create a psychological addiction to them in the long run and cause you to crave them 24/7.

Obviously, you wouldn't want to make it a habit to have a massive piece of cake every morning, but ending breakfast with a few Hershey's kisses or a cup of hot chocolate could have the same effect.

Want to try it? You can kick things off tomorrow morning with a special V-Day breakfast in bed with your man…topped off with chocolate-covered strawberries. Delish.